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Business

Northwestern Mutual Vice President, Kimberley Goode, Receives Profiles in Diversity Journal’s Women Worth Watching Award®

July 7, 2016 villagechief 0

Milwaukee, WI – Profiles in Diversity Journal has announced the winners of the 15th Annual Women Worth Watching Awards®, naming Kimberley Goode, vice president of communications and corporate affairs for Northwestern Mutual, as a 2016 recipient. The award honorees were nominated by their colleagues, peers and mentors, and chosen for their purpose and commitment to […]

Business

Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International Launches Full Gospel Unites: Get Out to Vote (GOTV)

July 7, 2016 villagechief 0

Atlanta, GA – The Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International launches Full Gospel Unites, a mission-based, get-out-to-vote initiative encouraging 100-percent voter registration and participation from people of faith throughout the nation for the upcoming presidential elections. Our primary goal is to increase the number of voter participants, reflecting principles and values of faith that propel, […]

Headlines

Urban League Movement Supports Peaceful Protest, Thorough Investigation in Baton Rouge

July 7, 2016 villagechief 0

New Orleans, LA – As Louisiana and the nation grieve the death of Alton Sterling, the National Urban League and the Urban League of Greater New Orleans (ULGNO) today joined Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards in calling for a thorough investigation of his shooting by Baton Rouge Police, and a comprehensive evaluation of police training […]

Politics

House Democrats Boo Bernie Sanders in Contentious Meeting

July 6, 2016 villagechief 0

By Deirdre Walsh, CNN Washington, DC -House Democrats roughed up Sen. Bernie Sanders in a closed-door session Wednesday after he deflected questions about when he would formally back Hillary Clinton for president, with a group of members booing him at one point, according to three Democrats who attended the meeting. The vast majority of House […]

Entertainment

Actress Kellita Smith Joins the Cast of Hit Bounce TV Comedy Series In The Cut With Guest Appearances by Angie Stone, Claudia Jordan, Kenny Lattimore, & Rolonda Watts

July 4, 2016 villagechief 0

Atlanta, GA – Bounce TV, the nation’s fastest-growing broadcast television network designed for African-American audiences and the only emerging network producing original scripted series, will premiere an all-new second season of its popular situation comedy In The Cut on Tuesday, July 5th at 9:00 pm/ET, 8:00 pm/CT. Coming off of its highly-rated inaugural season, this […]

Entertainment

Join Stephanie Mills And MC Lyte At The BLACK ENTERPRISE Annual Golf And Tennis Challenge

July 2, 2016 villagechief 0

New York, NY – FedEx Express will join BLACK ENTERPRISE as host sponsor of the 23rd annual Black Enterprise Golf & Tennis Challenge in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The Ultimate Getaway Challenge will take place Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1–4, at PGA National Resort & Spa. The yearly conclave draws hundreds of attendees, including some of […]

Entertainment

Ed Gordon Begins Production, Bounce TV’s First-Ever Primetime News Magazine Show to Debut Sept. 13

July 1, 2016 villagechief 0

Atlanta, GA – Bounce TV announced today that production has commenced on Ed Gordon, the network’s first entry into the primetime news magazine format, and the show’s premiere date has been scheduled for Tues. Sept. 13 at 10:00 p.m. (ET). Multiple award-winning and well-respected television journalist Ed Gordon will produce and host the series of […]

#Election2016

Civil Rights Icon, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, Will Be Honored During DNC Watch Party Celebrating the Black Vote

June 30, 2016 villagechief 0

Actress, Vivica A Fox, singer, Howard Hewett and several members of Congress to attend Philadelphia, PA – Organized labor, elected officials and Black leaders from across the country will come together to lift up champions of the Black vote and pay homage to a true icon in the civil rights movement, Rev. Dr. Joseph E […]

Commentary

New Momentum on Common Sense Gun Reform

June 30, 2016 villagechief 0

By Marc H. Morial, National Urban League – It has been more than three years since a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 first-graders and six adults. Since that time, according to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been over 900 mass shootings in our country, killing over 1,000 people and […]